Here is our photo essay on the fifteen richest people in the world. ... But Bettencourt isn't the richest woman outside the U.S. That honor belongs to BMW heiress Johanna Quandt. ... The Richest Of The Rich

In Pictures: World's Richest Women ... Today she's worth an estimated $8.5 billion, ranking her eighth on the new Forbes list of the world's richest women.

Nine of the world's fifty richest people are women. The richest self-made woman in the world is Rosalia Mera (61) of Spain, who is worth approximately $2 billion.

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Little is known about the richest women in the world. So who are the world's superrich ladies? Read on . . . ... Liliane Bettencourt is the world's richest woman. With a wealth of $22.9 billion,

The story of their 29 turbulent, volatile, but deeply happy years together is engagingly told by Celia Lipton Farris, now one of the richest women in the world, in her new autobiography,

Oprah Winfrey is not only one of the world's richest women but also one of the most influential. Oprah Winfrey's net worth is estimated at $2.5 billion as of ... world news

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The top five richest women in history are also not necessarily from our time. Keep reading to find out about the top 5 richest women in world, throughout history.

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